Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to address your hurts, habits and hang-ups in the context of a biblically based 12-step program. Generally, a hurt, habit or hang-up can be anything that keeps you from realizing your full potential as a person. Hurts, habits and hang-ups can knock you off of God’s plan and throw you into a worldly detour headed toward destruction and despair. CR Helps Heal Life’s “Hurts” A “hurt” could be classified as any life experience that may have damaged your heart. Some offense against you that crippled your ability to deal with the world in a healthy way. Something that may have twisted your view of yourself, God or others. Some common hurts include:

Abandonment

Abortion

Abused as a child, or by a spouse, employer, or the church

Adoption

Betrayal

Dysfunctional family (divorce, alcoholism, drug abuse, rage, etc.)

Neglect

Rape

Rejection

CR Helps Replace Bad “Habits” With Good “Habits” “Habits” tend to be unhealthy patterns that often start as a perceived “remedy” for some problem in your life, but end up turning into a chronic bad behavior or addiction. Habits are the repeat, default scripts you run to when the going gets tough. They are your grooved plays that continually lead to trouble in your life. Some common habits are:

Abusive behavior

Alcohol

Bitterness

Cheating, affairs, unmarried sex

Critical spirit

Drugs

Eating disorders

Gambling

Gossip

Homosexuality

Isolation

Lying

Self-mutilation

Sex addictions

Spending problems

Stealing

Unforgiveness

Wasteful pursuits

Workaholism

CR Helps Overcome Negative “Hang-Ups” “Hang-ups” are those road blocks that keep you from progressing further in God’s plan for your life. They are often shaped by some bent thinking you may have received as a child, or some unhealthy attitude you may have adopted as a means of coping with life’s challenges. Here are some common hang-ups we work out in our 12-step Celebrate Recovery process at Destiny World Outreach Center:

Almost everyone suffers from a hurt, habit or hang-up. Almost anyone can benefit from Celebrate Recovery. If you’re ready to get real, CR is a safe place to heal. To learn more, attend one of our open group Tuesday night services or contact the church at (254) 690-0856.